Author:Francis Bicknell Carpenter

An American painter born in Homer, New York. Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published his one volume memoir Six Months at the White House.

143622Q1441399Francis Bicknell CarpenterFrancis BicknellCarpenterCarpenter,_Francis Bicknell18301900Francis Bicknell CarpenterAn American painter born in Homer, New York. Carpenter is best known for his painting First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, which is hanging in the United States Capitol. Carpenter resided with President Lincoln at the White House and in 1866 published his one volume memoir Six Months at the White House.